Last night, something like that happened in his family. Even Wu was worried about Zhu Ying's safety, but Zhang Shou was not worried... No way! Even though Zhu Ying had practiced martial arts since she was a child and had extraordinary skills, and she was accompanied by two hundred soldiers, there is a saying that one should be prepared for the worst. However, if Zhu Ying was really in trouble, would the emperor have the leisure to call him and ask him to take people to pick up Zhu Ying
If he didn't have an ulterior motive... he would just change his surname to the emperor's!
So, when he heard Hua Qi say that Zhu Ying was outside, he saw the emperor's face darken immediately. Although he wanted to laugh, he tried his best to hold it back. However, when he saw Zhu Ying rushing in, he couldn't help laughing.
Zhu Ying only knew from others that the emperor was in Ciqing Palace, and she only expected to see the emperor and the third prince. She didn't care much when she saw Chu Kuan and Hua Qi, after all, they were doing their duty. But when she saw Zhang Shou, she was genuinely surprised and happy. She almost didn't bother to greet him, and she rushed to Zhang Shou like a gust of wind, and asked anxiously, "Ah Shou, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I slept till dawn." Zhang Shou smiled and winked at the young lady. Then he said calmly, "It's the emperor who is worried about your safety. He just asked me and Ah Liu to take people to pick you up! What happened? What happened to you last night?"
"Why pick me up? You'll only cause trouble if you come!" Zhu Ying didn't answer Zhang Shou's last question. She glanced at the emperor unkindly, "If Your Majesty is really that worried about me, you should send more soldiers to pick me up. Why did you send Ah Shou here? He looks so eye-catching. If he runs into a thief outside, will Your Majesty compensate me?"
The emperor felt that he had come to the wrong place today. He was almost choked to death by people again and again - first Chu Kuan, then Zhang Shou, and then Zhu Ying! He snorted coldly and said with a straight face: "Didn't I tell you to stay there for one night? Why are you back so soon?"
"I also want to have a good night's sleep, but even if I don't have a problem with choosing a bed, I can't stand it again and again for the whole night! If it weren't for Aunt Yuquan's help, I would have been so angry that I would have killed the eldest prince, that guy who attracts bees and butterflies!"
Zhang Shou couldn't help sweating when he used the term "attracting bees and butterflies" to describe a grown man. The emperor couldn't help but feel the veins in his temples throbbing. But he still asked in a deep voice, "Okay, Yingying, stop talking nonsense. What happened? Did someone want to rescue that evil beast last night?"
"Yes, their slogan was to establish the eldest son as the heir and purge the emperor's court." Zhu Ying said angrily, "But after I killed the leader, the others immediately withered. I thought they were traitors from nowhere, but it turned out to be an old country scholar with a group of villagers who were fooled by his teachings, carrying sickles and hoes, and came to the imperial farm to do whatever they wanted. Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
After hearing what Zhu Ying said, five words suddenly popped up in Zhang Shou’s mind: Imperial power should not go to the countryside!
Not only him, but even Hua Qi, who had been silent just now, couldn't help but interrupt and said, "The ignorant men and women in the countryside have limited knowledge. If the local gentry or even the scholars in the village school and clan school tell them something biased, then the persuasion is naturally extraordinary... In this case, the eldest lady should not have brought the eldest prince with her this time, right?"